Oh, well, then -- you're excused. Take whatever you want.

 

Robert Daniel Webb walked into a convenience store with his little 9-year-old daughter, Meadow, pulled a gun, and threatened to kill the clerk if he refused to give him the contents of the till. But don't think harshly of Robert. As he told the clerk, "I'm out of work. My daughter's got to survive." And he might have added, "And I have to have cigarette and booze money."

 

Oh well, then, you're excused, Robert. You're not supposed to have to buck up to adversity as long as there is someone out there who has more than you do. You just go take what you need. We understand. Except that the jury who convicted him didn't.

 

"Dad accused of robbing store as child watched." The Dallas Morning News; April 3, 2009; p. 6A.